the little things

Sometimes things are hard. Sometimes I let my mind get all wound up and stressed, worried about where I should be with my life instead of where I am. Sometimes I think too much about my next steps instead of thinking about the present. Sometimes I don't appreciate the good things in life.

But this weekend I didn't. I didn't fret, I didn't worry, I didn't stress. This weekend I had a moment of complete contentment where I realized I'm the happiest I've been in a whole long while. I live in a grown up apartment and do grown up things like cook healthy meals and do laundry. I have a job where I get to help people and still be able to pay rent. I get to eating pancakes for breakfast whenever I want. I have the freedom to go on spontaneous trips to visit far away friends because I miss them. I get to spend all my free time with my the love of my life. I can hop in my car and drive a short distance to see my family whenever I feel like it.  I finally feel in control of my life, and get to make the choices I want to make and do what I want to do. It's the little moments like this that makes me realize that no matter how stressed or frazzled  I get about the future, it's important to take a second to remember that things are pretty dang great right now.